Supporter.



PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906.

S. LIPKOWITS.

SUPPORTER.

APPLIGATIQN'FILED JULY26, 1905.

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' SARAH LIPKOWITS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

' suPoRTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 20, 1906.

I Applicationfiled July 25, 1905. Serial No. 271,164-

arranged to form a proper support for bands,

trousers, hose, and the like garments, and to 'allow convenient connection or disconnection of the parts, and to prevent the garment parts from becoming entangled and injured in the supporter.

Theinvention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practicalembodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views. a

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the im provement, of the same.

The supporter illustrated in the drawings and Fig. 2 is a transverse section consists, essentially, of a hook A, having a shank A and a hook end-A adapted to be engaged by a tongue B for closing the said hook, as plainly illustrated in the drawings. The closing-tongue B is fulcrumed at B on 1 lugs A arising from the end of the shank A,

and the said tongue B is provided with inwardlyextending sideflanges B between which fits the end A of the hook to prevent parts of the garments from catching on the hook or the closing tongue. The closingtongue B is provided at its pivotal end with a heel B pressed on by the free end of a spring A struck up from the shank A, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings. By having the spring A pressing the heel B the closing-tongue B is normally held in a closed position on the hook A so as to keep the latter closed; but when it is desired to open the hook it is only necessary for the operator to take hold'of the free end of the closing-tongue .B and swing the same outward into an open position. (See dotted lines, Fig. 2.) By the arrangement -de scribed the spring A holds the tongue in either a closed or an open position. On the end of the shank A adjacent to the lugs A is integrally arranged a loop C'for engagement with a supporting-strap. The loop 0 is provided with cross-bars C and C and end bars 0 and 0*, all integrally connected with each other, and the end bars C and O are also connected with each other at ornear their middle by a clamping-barO, made approximately U-shaped in cross-section, to provide opposite clamping-jaws, of which the forward clamping-jaw C is provided with inwardly-extending teeth 0 In using the loop ,0 one end of a strap is passed between the jaws, and then the jaw C is pressed in-' ward by a suitable tool, so as to firmly clamp thestrap in position, especially by engaging the teeth C with the material of the strap.

, The strap is then passed around the middle of the clamping-bar C through the space be-' tween the bars C and O, and then up between the space formed by the bars C and C as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. By

the arrangement described a very simple fastening of a strap on the loop 0 is had and 7 without the use of sewing or the like. The

hook A is adapted to be engaged with an eye let secured to a waist or the like, it being understood that in order to engage the hook A with an eyelet it is necessary to first swing the closing-tongue B into an open position, then to pass the hook end A from the rear into the eyelet, and to then close the springtongue B to prevent disengagement of the book A from the eyelet;

The device is very simple and durable in construction, can be cheaply manufactured and readily applied, and used for various purposes.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A supporter, comprising a hook for engagement with an eyelet or the like, the shank of the hook being provided with lugs and a spring struck up therefrom, a tongue pivoted between the lugs of the shank, said tongue having a heel engaged by the spring and side flanges at its free end between which fits the end of the hook, and a loop integral with the shank of the hook, said loop being provided with a middle bar approximately U shape in cross-section to form clampingjaws, one of which is provided with teeth.

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2; A supporter, comprising a hook for enopen position, and a loop projecting from the m gaging an eyelet or the like, the shank of the shank of the hook. hook being provided with lugs and a spring In testimony whereof I have signed my struck up therefrom, a tongue pivoted bename to this specification in the presence of tween the lugs of the shank and having two subscribing witnesses. .flanges at its free end between which fits the SARAH LIPKOWITS. end of the hook, said tongue being provided with a heel at its pivoted end engaged by the said spring to be held either in a closed or Witnesses:

THEO. G. HosTER, JNo. M. RITTER. 

